Tuesday, January 2, 2018

1968 VW Baja Bug

Over the holidays I picked up a 68 Baja!






That SuperTrapp muffler has none of the baffles in it, so it's pretty much a straight pipe. First thing I did was buy a $30 Thrush turbo muffler. It was a slip fit over the header, so I just cut 2 notches about 1/2" wide and 2" long into the muffler's intake pipe. That allowed me to use an exhaust clamp to hold the muffler in place. 

Some exhaust noise videos:



Over the next several days I dug in more and more. Found that the oil lines weren't the only leaks. The whole damn engine leaks. 


I have more parts on the way, an 1835 short block from Fat Performance that came with the bug that I'll be building out, and more!

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